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Most of the guys are in their 50s now, and 50 isn’t old for rock stars anymore. But most rock stars have not messed things up as thoroughly as the Stone Roses did roughly 20 years ago. One minute their debut album was being acclaimed as among the greatest ever; the next they were embroiled in a legal battle that delayed their follow-up album for five years. It flopped, and the group broke up. Shane Meadows’s documentary “The Stone Roses: Made of Stone” is about the group’s recent reunion and tour, which was considered something of a miracle because of the history and the personalities involved. The film assumes a certain amount of knowledge about the band; we are a half-hour in before the musicians introduce themselves to the camera as Ian Brown, John Squire, Mani (Gary Mounfield) and Reni (Alan Wren). Sometimes Mr. Meadows tries too hard to prove how wacky the guys still are. The backstage tone seems borrowed from “A Hard Day’s Night.” He even uses ’60s movie conventions like multiple split screens and films one concert in black and white. — Anita Gates